Example Sentences

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Astoundingly, it turned out to be one of the weirdest, wildest sports moments of the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Astoundingly, the still-boyish McCartney, just six weeks shy of 80, will play Climate Pledge on May 2-3.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Astoundingly, 98% of the energy Costa Rica generates is from non-fossil fuel sources.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2018

Astoundingly, he’s remained largely unchanged since he first took to the page in 1985 and throughout 26 years of constant publication—a kind of character consistency that’s unheard of even among icons like Superman or Batman.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2014

Astoundingly, the eighty-one-year-old man took the brash twenty-four-year-old vagabonds advice to heart.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer